‘Scenes From a Mall’ Hits Stores

New home-video releases:

Even most fans of Woody Allen, Bette Midler and writer-director Paul Mazursky seemed to have passed up “Scenes From a Mall” (Touchstone, $92.95, R) in theaters earlier this year; it grossed only about $9 million. But the comedy-drama about an upper-class L.A. couple who wrangle at the Beverly Center after the husband admits infidelity has its moments: Allen acts his part with such energy and conviction that he suspends disbelief, Midler (who seems half-awake in the first 30 minutes) comes alive once the affair is confessed, and the spat is continually spiced with fine comedic bits--especially some hilarious business with a bothersome mime.

“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” (Buena Vista, $92.95, PG) was directed and written by Tom Stoppard, based on his absurdist play, but he seldom brings the material alive, despite a fine cast led by Gary Oldman, Tim Roth and Richard Dreyfuss.

“Queen’s Logic” (LIVE, $92.95, R) is a comedy-drama about a New York City neighborhood wedding starring John Malkovich, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ken Olin and Kevin Bacon.

“Son of the Morning Star” (Republic, $89.98, PG-13) is the recent, 186-minute, made-for-TV account of Gen. Custer (Gary Cole).

Three from Paramount, at $14.95 each, are “My Geisha” (1962), with Shirley MacLaine as a woman who disguises herself to fit the title; “A Hero Ain’t Nothin’ But a Sandwich” (1978), starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield in a drama about drugs and the ghetto, and “Misty” (1961), a family film about two kids and a wild pony, with David Ladd and Pam Smith.

Coming Attractions: “Home Alone” ($24.98) arrives this week.